Trudger close out an eleven year recording absence with their ferocious and spellbinding new album Void Quest.
Self-described as “neo-crust sci-fi death sludge”, Trudger have always harnessed a progressive slant to their songs, boasting rhythms that won’t sit still, soaring across beastly syncopated drums. For Void Quest, the quartet still harness a progressive approach to their songwriting, building riffs upon riffs that often change and switch up without looking back. The quartet command a frantic existential urgency, introducing many unique riffs and ideas into every song. These are their most distilled and immediate compositions to date, packing in all the crunch with none of the flab, resulting in a lean 35 minute all killer, no filler album that easily invites repeat listens. Trudger settled right back into recording with producer and engineer Joe Clayton (Pijn, Floodlit Recordings) who helmed their previous album, now taking advantage of much improved facilities at Manchester’s fabled No Studio. Void Quest picks up right where Trudger left off just over a decade ago without skipping a beat, pushing their intense, chaotic, blistering and unrelenting force to the next level.
“We hope that Void Quest creates a powerful sense of escapism and can stand as a testament to the power of undertaking creative projects with your friends. If the album can influence the listener to be more conscious of the natural world and the basic aspects of feeling alive, then that would be an amazing and unexpected achievement. We’ve all had our own individual creative outlets over the years, but coming back together to create this album feels like it was the best decision we could have made.”
~ Trudger
“Void Quest is a much more urgent and momentous release than its predecessor, with each of its spiralling compositions confined to a consistent and compact length.”
~ Heavy Blog Is Heavy
“Void Quest is an album that has picked the best parts of the past along with a few genres and melded the absolute best out of them.”
~ Echoes & Dust
“Trudger are back and its like they’ve never been away. This is top tier modern day UK metal.”
~ Ninehertz
“Trudger have made sure this is a return that everyone will take note of, and gone the ‘all killer, no filler’ route.”
~ GBHBL – 8.5/10
“Trudger are back and better than ever. Let’s hope the next outing won’t take a decade.”
~ Boolin Tunes – 8/10
Void Quest is out now on Vinyl, CD, Cassette and Digital formats via Floodlit Recordings.
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